OSLO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Norway's DNB  DNB.OL  announced
dividend payments for 2019 and 2020 on Wednesday and reported a
smaller than expected drop in fourth-quarter earnings.
    The banking group's net profit fell to 5.27 billion
Norwegian crowns ($624 million) for the October-December period
from 5.95 billion a year earlier, beating an average forecast of
4.19 billion crowns in a poll of analysts.

($1 = 8.4423 Norwegian crowns)

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